Destroyer Versus Destroyer

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Destroyer Versus Destroyer by Robert C. Stern

Book Description

Fast, manoeuvrable and heavily armed, destroyers were the most aggressive surface warships of the twentieth century. Although originally conceived as a defensive screen to protect the main battlefleet from torpedo attack, the gamekeeper soon turned poacher, and became primarily a weapon of offence. As such they were involved in many hard-fought battles, using both torpedoes and guns, especially with enemy vessels of the same kind. This book recounts some of the most significant, spectacular or unusual actions in the history of destroyer warfare, from the first employment of torpedo craft during the Russo-Japanese War to the recent terrorist attack on USS Cole. With individual chapters devoted to each incident, the book may be read as a series of dramatic narratives, but each reflects a development in the tactics or technology, so taken as a whole the book amounts to a complete history of the destroyer from an unusual and previously neglected angle.

By late 1944 the war in the Pacific had turned against the Japanese & allied forces began to close in on the home islands. At this point Japan unveiled a terrifying new tactic: the suicide attack, or kamikaze, named after the 'divine wind'. This book looks at the origins of the campaign & at its strategic goals.

From their inception, submarines have been hunters, and for much of their history they have been extremely difficult to counter. This book chronicles some of the most significant of submarine clashes, from primitive beginnings to the dangerous, high-tech cat-and-mouse games of the Cold War era familiar from movies like "The Hunt for Red October".

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